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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 13. lu*! 



we get eighteen to go we will have a 

 sleeper to ourselves. Secure tickets of 

 W. F. Kasting, our well known commis- 

 sion man. and join us. When we get 

 to Chicago we Trust thai some of them 

 there "ill show us the road to Pabst- 

 ville. W. s. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There are more good Beauties noy 

 available, several growers getting fair 

 cuts from young stock, but of course 

 stems are not yet very long. Brides and 

 Maids are not increasing in supply as 

 rapidly as might be expected, possibly 

 due to the cool weather, and good roses 

 are still hard to find. Some growers are 

 getting a second cut of Kaiserin of very 

 good quality. Golden Gate is the most 

 plentiful rose. Carnations from the field 

 are coming in heavier every day. but not 

 in quantities to seriously affect the mar- 

 ket, 



Asters are in heavy supply, but there 

 are scarcely any whites, and, on the 

 whole, the quality is very much below 

 par. Gladioli are too plentiful, and the 

 same may be said of rudbeckias. hydran- 

 geas and all the outdoor flowers; while 

 large quantities are sold, yet not all the 

 daily receipts find a buyer. The Easter 

 lily is about out of the market, but there 

 are auratums of all degrees of quality. 

 Valley is very good. Green goods of all 

 classes aro abundant, except green galas, 

 which is out. 



Convention Entertainment. 



The plan is to take the S. A. F. mem- 

 bers in hand at about 2:30 Friday after- 

 noon, August 21, ou their return from Mil- 

 waukee. Headquarters will be established 

 in the wholesale district and open house 

 will be kept until 6 o'clock, when the 

 guests will be escorted to the Auditorium 

 for supper, after which everybody will 

 go to the concert at the Coliseum garden. 

 Plans are being made to entertain not 

 less than 800 and it is the understanding 

 that the Milwaukee boys will provide 

 transportation back to the convention city 

 for those who must start their return 

 journey from there, so that everybody can 

 come down for the Chicago affair. 



Various Notes. 



Stocks of greenhouse glass are pretty 

 well cleaned out, but local dealers expect 

 to have enough to last until new glass is 

 being made, in September. One of the 

 leading houses says that 65 per cent of 

 the calls now are for 16x18. The present 

 market is about $4.28 on small lots of 

 D. S. A.; $3.80 on car lots; $4.10 on B. 

 in small lots; $3.64 by the car. 



Coal contracts are being made at an 

 advance of from 30 to 35 cents a ton 

 over last year's contract price. This 

 makes a big difference where from 2,000 

 to 10,000 tons are burned, but the dealers 

 say the cost of mining and transportation 

 has advanced nearly the full amount of 

 the raise. 



O. P. Bassett and Mrs. Bassett are at 

 Lake Minnetonka. 



This has been a great growing season. 

 The carnations in the field all did splen- 

 didly, and on being moved indoors took 

 hold of the soil in fine shape. The chrys- 

 anthemum plants, too, are making good 

 growth with all the growers in this neigh- 

 borhood. It has been a particularly 

 favorable summer for those who benched 



Mrs. Lawson carnations direct from the 

 pots. 



Misses Nell il. Sisler and Lillian Ton- 

 ner. of E. H. Hunt's, are at Niagara 

 Falls this week. 



Sam Pieser has sold his store at 387 

 North Clark street to Ackerman & Co. 

 Mr. Pieser will have no further connec- 

 tion with the trade. 



J. P. Brooks has assumed charge of the 

 Weiland & Kiseh establishment as fore- 

 man. 



Mr. and Mrs! Peter Reinberg, George 

 Weiland and Mr. and Mrs. P. (dinger 

 went to Newcastle Tuesday evening for 

 a few day's visit with Peter Weiland. 



Mrs. Horton, of Bassett & Washburn's, 

 leaves Saturday for two weeks in the 

 east. 



Alois Prey, until recently in business 

 at Hartford, Conn., is to become assistant 

 to C. J. Stromback at Lincoln Park. 



Visitors. 

 J. W. Davis, Morrison, 111., and A. J. 

 Stahelin, Sand Hill, Mich., buying build- 

 ing materials; John G. Heinl, Terre 

 Haute, Ind. ; Miss Martin, of L. L. Lam- 

 born 's, Canton, O. ; Fred. Breitmeyer, Mt. 

 Clemens, Mich. ; Wm. H. Donohoe, with 

 Thomas Young. Jr., New York; Carl 

 Eriekson, Princeton. 111.; S. M. Wyeth, 

 Watseka, Til. 



BOSTON. 



Everything is sailing along as smooth 

 as a button. The output has been de- 

 preciated by rainy weather, but there 

 is enough of everything to fill all orders 

 unless it may be on the colored carna- 

 tion side of the house. 



Negotiations seem to be progressing 

 better in the Sutherland bankruptcy 

 matter than in those almost immedi- 

 ately preceding. At the second meet- 

 ing of creditors the committee recom- 

 mended the acceptance of 25 per cent in 

 cash, a note of nine months for 15 per 

 cent and another of a year and a half 

 for 10 per cent, making 50 per cent all 

 told. This being the best that can be 

 done in their estimation, and agreed 

 upon on his part, it is hoped all hands 

 will sign papers which have been for- 

 warded to them and push this settle- 

 ment along to a quick finish. 



Jack Minton is out with another busi- 

 ness card. This time it reads: "Tobin 

 & Minton, undertakers." If there is 

 anything illegal about that, I guess the 

 "judge" knows it and I presume the 

 same might have been said in regard 

 to the affairs of the N. E. Cut Flower 

 Company. J. S. Mantek. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Trade in cut flowers still retains its 

 summery conditions, and the report from 

 several of the large retailers is "exceed- 

 ingly quiet." The recent rains put all 

 outdoor stock in fair shape. The early 

 part of last week there was a greater de- 

 mand for white flowers than at present, 

 on account of extra funeral work. The 

 stock in roses continues to come in very 

 poor, Kaiserin being about the best. 

 Golden Gate and Meteor are also of fair 

 quality. Bride and Bridesmaid are very 

 poor. The best of these bring $5 per 

 100, while the poor ones hardly bring over 

 $2. No good Beauties are in the market. 

 The demand for roses is very good, but 



thev must be of the first quality to sell 

 well. 



There are some good field-grown carna- 

 tions in the market, especially Mrs. 

 Fisher. The bulk of the carnations that 

 come in are small and with very short 

 stems, which do not sell well at any price. 

 The best long-stemmed ones bring $1.50, 

 while 50 cents per 100 is all the shorts 

 bring. Good valley continues to come in 

 at the usual price. Of the general out- 

 door stock tuberose stalks and asters sell 

 the best. The asters that come in are 

 not of as good quality as they should be 

 at this season of the year. Tuberose 

 stalks are selling well at $4 and $5 per 

 100. Gladioli, hollyhocks, hydrangeas and 

 candytuft come in by the thousands, and 

 are having a slow sale at cheap prices. 

 Some good smilax was offered at $15 the 

 past week. 



Various Notes. 



The great wind and hail storm of last 

 week, Wednesday, caused considerable 

 damage about town to trees in the parks. 

 The hail was not large enough todo much 

 damage to greenhouses. Some damage to 

 outdoor plants was reported by several 

 of the florists, and C. Juengel lost a lit- 

 tle glass. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, HI., 

 reports the loss of about 300 feet of glass 

 by hail on Tuesday, August 4. 



Theo. Biehter, a florist of Kirkwood, 

 was killed on Wednesday last at the 

 World 's Fair grounds during the wind 

 and hail storm. Mr. Biehter was at one 

 time a member of the club. He leaves a 

 wife and five children to mourn his loss. 

 The remains were taken to Washington, 

 Mo., for burial. The family has the sym- 

 pathy of the craft. 



John Young and family left last 

 Thursday for Atlantic. City, N. J., for a 

 month 's recreation. John will visit New 

 York and Boston before returning home. 



Harry Young is away for a week 's 

 hunting trip in Franklin county. Harry 

 is one of the crack shots among the flor- 

 ists and never comes home empty-handed. 



George Ostertag was thrown from a 

 street ear one day last week and received 

 painful injuries about the head and arms, 

 from which he is recovering fast. Brother 

 Fred has taken his place during his ab- 

 sence. 



Charlie Sehnelle, with M. M. Avers, is 

 on his vacation. After seeing the sights 

 in East St. Louis and Belleville he will 

 return and let Will Adels go with the St. 

 Louis party to Milwaukee. Mrs. Ayers is 

 reported somewhat better and out of dan- 

 ger. 



Otto Heinecken, who represents Bob- 

 bink & Atkins, of Rutherford, N. J., is 

 now stationed out at the World's Fair 

 grounds. Otto likes St. Louis, and ex- 

 pects to stay here until after the World's 

 Fair is over. 



Fred C. Weber returned Monday from 

 French Lick Springs much improved in 

 health. Mr. Weber will go with us to 

 Milwaukee, accompanied by his wife, 

 daughter and niece. Miss Dora Weber. 



Mrs. C. C. Sanders and her two daugh- 

 ters. Misses Laura and Jessie, returned 

 Saturday from a three weeks' trip down 

 the Tennessee river. They report a pleas- 

 ant time. 



Convention Talk. 



Convention matters are being discussed, 

 and you often hear the question asked, 

 "Are you going to Milwaukee?" The 

 arrangements for the trip are complete. 

 Vice-president Juengel, who has the mat- 



